“For fast acting relief try slowing down” — Lilly Tomlin 1. Slow Down Get comfortable, Silence your mind and take 3 deep breaths – So if after taking 3 breaths you notice any anxiety, knot or discomfort in your body then it might be a sign that it’s time for you to slow down and to check in with your body. If you find that you are more busy since being told to work from home and feeling a sense of stress, again it might be a sign you need to slow down. I have added an exercise at the end of this blog that you can try, even if its finding a mindfulness exercise that works for you, what’s important is that you notice what is happening in your body throughout the day. it’s become harder to distract during this time and all the energy that might have been stored and unnoticed for the longest time might be trying to arise now. WARNING; Mastering the skill of slowing down can result in: Greater clarity of what your needs are. Increased sense of inner peace. Motivation. Productivity. Greater control of your life! Mindfulness is a skill and requires practice even […]
I’ve noticed one shared experience my clients have in common, which is at some point whether aware or unaware they’ve experienced big or even a small number of trauma’s growing up. Sometimes the consequence of such traumas are that they can linger throughout our lives and continue to affect our mood and behaviour. Such unresolved traumas can trigger anxiety, depression, chronic emptiness, to name a many few. When traumatic memories have not been stored in a healthy way this process has been referred to as maladaptive memory. The best way I can describe maladaptive memory is if you imagine a teenager who has worn the same underwear for a week, and instead of throwing his underwear in the washing machine he decides to throw it under the bed…yuck…because the teen has not dealt with this issue effectively, bacteria starts to grow and other issues start to arise including a big almighty stink… Through therapy these memories can be taken out from under the bed, looked at, cleaned up, folded up and stored neatly and tidily away *Sigh of relief*. One such therapy that I have used over the last couple of years with large success in supporting people in overcoming […]
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